Activate The Space, Zaxwerks, Imagine Products & Imagineer Systems added as Exhibitors!

Fresh off a trip to Connecticut to hammer out some details and planning items with Keith for PCONN, Kristi returns to the left coast with some great news tidbits to share.

In Sponsor News...

We are pleased to announce the addition of four new ProductionCONN sponsors/exhibitors: Activate The Space, Zaxwerks, Imagine Products & Imagineer Systems. Team PCONN welcomes all of our new partners and looks forward to experiencing their great exhibits, products and demos! Here is a little preview of our new sponsors (info courtesy of their websites) and where you can find out more:

Activate The Space designs and sells products for audio/video display environments. Their offerings have included systems for broadcast control rooms, post production facilities, retail stores, showrooms, hotel lobbies, restaurants, trade show booths, special events, museums, universities, corporate lobbies and public spaces. Design excellence and focus on environmental aesthetics separates Activate The Space from the way others think. At their core is a passion for form, function and design, and their philosophy focuses on the impact that their audio-video creations have on any environment. They are experts at visual communications with several decades of technical and creative experience. Visit Activate The Space online at http://activatethespace.com.

As the world's leading innovator of 3D title and logo technology, Zaxwerks develops software for the digital video, broadcast, film and web markets. Their customers include ABC, Firestone, Dallas Cowboys Football, TBS SuperStation, Fox Sports, Tech TV, Pixar, Bank of America, Playboy channel and many other post production facilities and TV stations around the world. Zaxwerks is a privately held software company with headquarters in Temple City, California. Please visit the Zaxwerks website at http://www.zaxwerks.com or call 1-800-549-0250 in the United States or 626-309-9102 internationally.

Imagine Products, Inc. develops high value, innovative digital logging tools, video analysis solutions, archiving systems and asset management software for video professionals. Products include:

ShotPut Pro™ for Mac/Win
ProxyMill™ for Mac
P2 Log Pro™ for Mac
HD Log™ for Mac
TEP HD™ for Win
Mac Clip Library™ for Mac
Image Mine® for Win

For more information, please visit Imagine Products at http://imagineproducts.com. 

Imagineer Systems develops powerful, accessible desktop visual effects software applications for film, video and broadcast post production markets.  In 2000, Imagineer Systems revolutionized visual effects software tracking with the creation of its industry renowned, award winning Planar Tracking image analysis engine, and has made its mark on such marquee Hollywood blockbuster productions as Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2, Shutter Island, Invictus, G-Force and the Harry Potter series.

Imagineer’s desktop product line consists of:

mocha Pro - roto, planar tracking, compositing, and removal utility
mocha - planar tracking and roto utility for all VFX artists
mocha AE - planar tracking and roto utility designed for After Effects and Final Cut Pro users

Imagineer Systems is headquartered at the Surrey Technology Centre in Guildford, UK, and has sales offices in New York and Los Angeles.  For more information, please visit Imagineer Systems at http://imagineersystems.com. 

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Press Release: ProductionCONN 2011 Announces Preliminary Trade Show Details

CREATIVE MINDS UNITE

FOR PRODUCTIONCONN 2011

MEDIA PRODUCTION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE & EXPO

Two-Day Media and Video Production Trade Show

To Make Debut in Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, CT (May 20, 2011)—ProductionCONN, a two-day media and video production trade show where creative minds unite to experience emerging innovations, evolving technologies, and informative conferences announced today details for its inaugural show on November 30 and December 1, 2011 in Hartford, Connecticut.

ProductionCONN 2011 will feature over 10,000 square feet of vendor exhibitions, interactive conferences, an after hours gala, and keynote dinner. Attendees will also enjoy WiFi enabled lounge areas, video games, product demonstrations, and the latest innovations and solutions from major exhibitors including AJA Video Systems, Adobe Systems Incorporated, JVC, HB Communications, and Panasonic.

The first ProductionCONN conference and exposition marks the coming together of media production professionals as a community: producers and post-production professionals, writers and journalists, students and top-tier experts—united to learn, grow and share the wealth of knowledge.

“I’m thrilled to bring an event of this caliber to the digital media professionals in our community,” said Keith Larsen, ProductionCONN co-founder & executive director. “Connecticut is a focal point of film, television, and video production, and sits in the ideal central location to reach industry professionals and students from all over the Northeast region. The early response has been nothing short of exciting.”

Guest speakers scheduled to appear at ProductionCONN 2011 include A.C.E. motion picture editor Michael Tronick (Predator, True Romance, Remember The Titans, Green Hornet), author Bobbie O’Steen (Cut To The Chase: 45 Years of Editing America’s Favorite Movies, The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic) and Howard Baldwin (producer, Mystery, Alaska; Sound of Thunder; Sahara; Swimming Upstream; Danny Deckchair; The Game of Their Lives; Ray; and founder/owner of the former New England/Hartford Whalers and current CT Whale hockey clubs).

Workshops will be taught by industry veterans Allan Title, Jem Schofield, Jeff Hoyt, and Woody Woodhall, and include Producing for Editors, Editing for Producers, Introduction to DSLR Filmmaking, Video Podcasting & Using Social Networks, Making Ear Candy, and Production Assistant 101: Lighting and Grip on the Set.

ProductionCONN 2011 is produced by Digital CONNtent Creators, in association with Manhattan Edit Workshop. For times, location, workshop details, guest bios, news updates, and registration information, please visit www.productionconn.com.

About ProductionCONN

ProductionCONN is a two-day media and video production trade show where creative minds unite to experience emerging innovations, evolving technologies, and informative conferences. Our events celebrate the energy and passion of bringing film, television, documentaries, corporate videos, and news to life on any platform by providing an environment to network with industry peers, see new products first hand, and gain advanced knowledge to stay ahead of the curve. ProductionCONN can be found online at www.productionconn.com, www.twitter.com/productionconn and http://www.facebook.com/productionconn.

ProductionCONN Featured on "Let's Get Social" Online News Magazine Show

May has kept us very busy at ProductionCONN! (Almost too busy, but we aren't complaining!) We'll be filling you in on news updates in the next week or so, so keep coming back.

ProductionCONN in the Media

Keith had a chance to sit down with Global Entertainment & Media's Christopher Bartlett for a segment of Chris' online news magazine show Let's Get Social to chat about ProductionCONN.

Here is the segment, which can also be viewed on the Let's Get Social YouTube page (which features many interviews with business leaders from around Connecticut).
    

Many thanks to the team from ThinkGem--Keith had a great time talking the trade with Chris, Peter Kozodoy, and Alex Winter!

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What I Did at "Summer Camp" - NAB Style.

also... 
Keith Chats With Larry Jordan on the 2011 NAB Show Buzz!

The yearly excursion to the NAB Show in Las Vegas has been more often than once referred to as "somewhat akin to going to summer camp."

Industry professionals from all over the world come together every spring to geek out over new products and software, great speakers, and you-heard-it-here-first announcements. But it isn't just that, is it? Year after year, tech-lovin', production and post-production luminaries bid farewell to their wives, husbands, children, significant others, clients, and co-workers (who they really couldn't wait to get away from anyway) to see their camp friends.

Saying goodbye to NAB "camp" friends

Each year, they travel to Vegas from far and wide, despite those inner rumblings of I'm not really into going this year, because the camaraderie is so infectious.

Speaking from experience, we go the entire year between visits with some of our old friends, and sometimes longer when life's escapades keep us away during the odd year or so. And every year, familiar faces come together--and new friends join the group--in whatever NAB clique you may run in; it's just like time hasn't passed. We laugh, we hang out, catch up, and reminisce about old friends who are no longer with us. Sometimes we hit the parties, and sometimes simply go on excursions to find eclairs in the middle of the night or find the Pinball Hall of Fame.

And when the week ends, we bid our goodbyes and promise to stay in touch. "I really don't know if I can do this again next year," one of us says, prompting nods of understanding and agreement from others. But it is hard to stay away from our proverbial summer camp, especially when it's the promised time we can see so many of our old friends. Oh, yes. And then there's that professional work thing as well.  We do like our gadgets and information, don't we!?

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On the last day of the show, Keith spoke with Larry Jordan on the 2011 NAB Show Buzz about ProductionCONN.  Many thanks to our old camp friend Cirina Catania, who produces the show, for arranging the interview. It's a quick listen--Keith discusses how plans for PCONN came about, the benefits of being located in Hartford, a few details about our speakers, and a bit about our staff (like that fabulous marketing broad, Kristi).

CLICK ON KEITH TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW!

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PCONN Staffers Hit the Road to NAB...Vegas, Baby!

ProductionCONN's Keith, Kristi & Matt just wrapped up a crazy week in Vegas working at NAB and networking with old and new industry friends at night.

In between shifts working at the AJA booth, they wandered the show floor promoting PCONN and brokering deals to bring the best of the best companies to exhibit at our show on November 30 & December 1. We're very excited by the response we received and some of the negotiations we have on the table for more great products and speakers to add to the ProductionCONN roster!

We've added some of our personal pictures to the PCONN Facebook page, be sure to check them out! There are a few shots of our evening at IMUG's Media Motion Ball, an evening hanging out with the MoGraph guys at the Pinball Hall of Fame, prepping for the infamous 2011 Vegas Supermeet (where Apple announced FCPX), and some cool shots of Keith being interviewed by Josh Apter of Manhattan Edit Workshop for his NAB iPad-shot and edited-on-the-spot padumentaries. VERY cool! Check it out here:


NAB - On The Floor : ProductionCONN from Manhattan Edit Workshop on Vimeo.

Keith also appeared on the Digital Production BuZZ with Larry Jordan to discuss ProductionCONN.

Overall, we felt really good about our NAB experience this year. The fact that Keith & Kristi won $125 playing penny slots on the way out of town helped...a bonus that they promptly spent on a a feast of Indian food upon returning to Los Angeles.

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And so the fun begins…!

After months of tireless pre-planning, the show prep momentum for PCONN has propelled forward at an amazing pace.

With many thanks to Logan Hagstrom, the PCONN Web Dude, we finally have the website. We also have our social networks off the ground—you can find us at the big three—Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Be sure to follow us to keep-up-date with our latest news announcements, early bird special and other important details you may not want to miss! (And spread the word!)

As for our website changes, you won’t want to miss the Classes and Events page, where we’ve added the bios of our guests: Michael Tronick, Bobbie O’Steen, Howard Baldwin, Allan Title, Jem Schofield, Woody Woodhall and Jeff Hoyt.

Keith, Kristi, and Matt from the PCONN staff are currently getting ready to head out to Las Vegas for NAB 2011, where they plan to hit the town in these nifty new PCONN shirts. (They are the latest thing…get yours today!) Long days of meetings and work planned, but looking forward to coming back with lots of exciting news to share.

We’ve loved hearing all the great feedback and excitement coming from all over. It makes every moment of creating this event for the digital media community far and wide worth it!